My black cats...

I live in a house of four boys, my husband , three dogs, one being my daughter's Boxer puppy then there is Mowgli the Black Lab and Lucy my Australian Cattle Dog. Then there are the cats and two hamsters... One of our cats, Midnight who is black of course we call our 'Vam-cat' due to the fact that he has two very long fangs. He is a sweet cat and often falls asleep on my lap at night and then curls up on the end of the bed. Now as I take a break from writing and listen to music he sits next to me. He is one of those cats that is a talker and greets me when I come home from work or errands. I love dogs and don't think I would be without one as they are my ears but I am a cat person and Midnight and I seem to understand each other. He doesn't have the stunning presence as Bagheera who will stare at you with those gold eyes... Bagh means tiger in Hindi. When he is calm enough I can get near him and pat and talk to him. He is still wild having been ferial. He still is in many ways. He is one of three of the same family that I have taken in. First him, then his sista Mika and now his mother Coon. From the time she was fixed she has put on weight. I mentioned it to my husband and he said it's probably because she has had to fight for everything all her life. Hunt for herself and then for her kittens, I figured she has had about 18 litters in her lifetime... Well now she has food at her disposal but she probably thinks "it may not always be there so I will stuff myself in case some day it's not there. It makes sense. So now how to put her on a diet when I have five other cats...